NEW HAVEN — The 20th-ranked Warsaw girls cross country team finished third at Saturday’s New Haven Invitational, while the 20th-ranked Whitko boys team finished fourth in the Class 3A division.
In the girls 3A race, Warsaw junior Ashley Erba kept her perfect season in tact with another winning time of 18:12, while sophomore Anna Bearss was once again right behind her, finishing second in 18:43.
On the boys side, Whitko’s Trapper Mize placed 12th in 16:32, with teammate Jude Stieglitz finished 19th in 16:39.
Other area teams at the invitational were Tippecanoe Valley, whose boys and girls each placed 17th in the 2A division.
The Whitko girls finished 15th in the 2A division.
BOYS TOP 5 — BLOOMINGTON SOUTH 42, CARROLL 74, HOMESTEAD 80, WHITKO 149, PENN 172 (Division 3A) Top 5 — 1. Carl Smith (Bloomington South) 15:51, 2. Mark Chandler (Bloomington South) 16:00, 3. Sam Roudebush (Noblesville) 16:01, 4. Curtis Burks (Bloomington South) 16:02, 5. Max Silcox (Homestead) 16:05 Whitko — 12. Trapper Mize 16:32, 19. Jude Stieglitz 16:39, 37. Dylan Cozad 17:04, 40. Brody Wilson 17:07, 41. Dallas Asher 17:08, 122. Derek Miller 18:00, 206. Josh Busenbark 18:52, 231. Jon Crosson 19:14, 257. Jonathon Johnson 19:37, 274. Evan Cozad 19:55, 317. Bryce Kolwicz 20:42 TOP 5 — GUERIN CATHOLIC 72, EASTBROOK 129, ANGOLA 133, FREMONT 153, COLUMBIA CITY 168, 17. TIPPECANOE VALLEY 458 (Division 2A) Top 5 — 1. Steven Weaver (Napoleon, Ohio) 15:33, 2. Josh Neideck (Eastbrook) 16:07, 3. Kent Garrett (Guerin Catholic) 16:11, 4. Tyler Herber (Fremont) 16:12, 5. Keigan Culler (Fremont) 16:22 Tippy Valley — 52. Brandon Tolson 18:13, 123. Adam Salano 19:56, 129. Brody Cook 20:00, 141. Maverick Wagley 20:41, 145. Diego Gutierrez 20:53, 154. Noah Clampitt 21:09, 158. Patrick Hughes 21:35, 173. Cody Runyon 23:03, 179. Keaton Bell 25:22
GIRLS TOP 5 — CARROLL 51, PENN 60, WARSAW 97, HUNTINGTON NORTH 136, BLOOMINGTON SOUTH 158 (Division 3A) Top 5 — 1. Ashley Erba (Warsaw) 18:12, 2. Anna Bearss (Warsaw) 18:43, 3. Alex Warzyniak (Bloomington South) 19:00, 4. Maddie Woods (Penn) 19:05, 5. Kristina Galat (Penn) 19:09 Warsaw — 1. Erba 18:12, 2. Bearss 18:43, 10. Brooke Kline 19:27, 22. Kristin Quick 20:05, 70. Madeline Hooks 21:11, 71. Creigh Ogle 21:14, 90. Michelle Feng 21:39, 94. Ellie Bearss 21:43, 103. Kara Millington 21:56, 126. Emily Stouder 22:22, 131. Kendra Paton 22:27, 137. Courtney Etchison 22:32, 138. Connor Steffe 22:32, 147. Lilly Fleming 22:42, 212. Alexis Winters 24:15, 213. Tayler Mylin 24:16, 237. Jackie Ferguson 25:08, 240. Audra Harman 25:14, 269. Mckenzie Haines 26:23, 274. Arielle Day 26:56, 285. Regina Anderson 28:29 TOP 5 — NAPOLEON 59, ANGOLA 90, COLUMBIA CITY 111, NORWELL 147, CELINA 159, 15. WHITKO 433, 17. TIPPECANOE VALLEY 466 (Division 2A) Top 5 — 1. Samantha Roush (Columbia City) 18:28, 2. Hannah Fleck (Celina, Ohio) 18:39, 3. Abby Hostetler (Fremont) 18:42, 4. Ericka Rinehart (Angola) 18:45, 5. Anna Aldrich (Fremont) 19:22 Whitko — 82. Melanie Kelsey 22:31, 95. Holly Frantz 23:01, 99. Abby Smith 23:07, 135. Miranda Terrill 25:17, 136. Jocelyn Krull 25:21, 164. Deanna Shockney 28:58, 166. Becca Thomson 29:07 Tippy Valley — 72. Brittany Childers 22:17, 84. Courtney Burns 22:35, 152. Robyn Erklin 26:46, 155. Laura Landis 27:13, 167. Olivia Helton 30:06
Saturday in Culver The 16th-ranked Warsaw boys cross country team finished 17th at Saturday’s Culver Academies Invitational, but the freshman/sophomore team won its division. With the team being split up between for the the freshman/sophomore and junior/senior race, sophomore Ellis Coon finished fifth (16:45) in his race, while junior Jacob Poyner placed 12th (15:58) in the older division). The Tigers take on Wawasee Tuesday at Miller Field on the campus of Grace College.
BOYS TOP 5 — WARSAW 60, BREBEUF JESUIT 64, CARMEL 84, VALPARAISO 121, MASON 146 (Freshman/Sophomore) Top 5 — 1. Zack Snider (Brebeuf Jesuit) 16:19, 2. Ryan Sanders (Mason, Ohio) 16:37, 3. Kevin Hickey (Valparaiso) 16:38, 4. Collin McMahon (Carmel) 16:43, 5. Ellis Coon (Warsaw) 16:45 Warsaw — 5. Ellis Coon 16:45, 9. Michael Compton 16:54, 10. Cam Hoskins 16:55, 12. Ismael Calderon 16:57, 24. Daniel Messenger 17:09, 30. Tyler Houvener 17:27, 43. Dominic Kurosky 17:41 TOP 5 — CARMEL 92, COLUMBUS NORTH 100, LAWRENCE CENTRAL 205, MISHAWAKA 208, ZIONSVILLE 214, 17. WARSAW 479 (Open) Top 5 — 1. Tyeson Mundy (TH North) 15:41, 2. Andrew Diehn (Columbus North) 15:43, 3. Joey Zielinski (St. Joe) 15:44, 4. Mitch Hubner (LaPorte) 15:45, 5. Ari Coulopoulos (Valparaiso) 15:49 Warsaw — 12. Jacob Poyner 15:58, 81. Robert Murphy 17:00, 108. Brysten James 17:15, 125. Michael Smolen 17:25, 153. Jacob DeBoest 17:38, 185. Nate Haller 17:58, 188. Spencer Rheinhardt 18:02 TOP 5 — BREBEUF JESUIT 67, FW CONCORDIA 90, BROWN COUNTY 210, CMA 220, NEW PRAIRIE 227, 9. WAWASEE 301, 22. TRITON 614, MANCHESTER (NS) (Closed) Wawasee — 18. Adam Doll 17:15, 25. Reid Stichter 17:29, 77. Austin Krizman 18:09, 81. Zach Cockrill 18:13, 100. Austin Yoder 18:25, 105. Joey Bornman 18:30, 110. Troy Carolus 18:32 Triton — 73. Trenton Cooper 18:06, 115. Bryce Wanemacher 18:37, 139. Nicholas Nordmann 19:09, 143. Landon Kaufman 19:14, 144. Blake Johnson 19:17, 189. Derek Johnston 20:37 Manchester — 16. Matthew Fahs-Brown 17:08, 171. Justin Heeter 19:54
GIRLS TOP 5 — NEW PRAIRIE 87, CGA 132, ST JOE 141, BREBEUF 182, CRANBROOK KINGSWOOD 186, 10. WAWASEE 280, 20. MANCHESTER 526, 21. TRITON 554 (Closed) Wawasee — 19. Courtney Linnemeier 20:22, 27. Bre Robinson 20:48, 55. Jen Slabaugh 21:33, 85. Hannah Wilczynski 22:28, 94. Kaely Bame 22:50, 121. Sarah Jones 23:22, 122. Brittany Robinson 23:24 Manchester — 25. Kelsi Custer 20:44, 67. Katie Smith 21:52, 97. Darien Rodriguez 22:56, 153. Maddi Burton 24:49, 184. Sarrah Dierks 29:02, 188. Kristiania Grogg 30:15 Triton — 30. Allie Kann 20:51, 92. Mallorie Jennings 22:45, 108. Kayleigh Craig 23:06, 133. Taylor Hatfield 23:36, 191. Gabrielle Cretcher 34:12
BOYS SOCCER Saturday in Winona Lake The Lakeland Christian Academy boys soccer team defeated Faith Christian 1-0 Saturday in Winona Lake. In the victory, which improved LCA’s record to 8-7, the Drew Nieveen netted the goal on an assist from Andrew Palladino. The Cougars travel to Culver Tuesday to take on the Culver Military Academy Eagles. LAKELAND CHRISTIAN 1, FAITH CHRISTIAN 0 LCA Stats: Goal — Drew Nieveen; Assist — Andrew Palladino; Record — 8-7
BOYS TENNIS Saturday in Elkhart Warsaw’s Keaton Joyner earned a Northern Lakes Conference championship at No. 3 singles Saturday at the Eastlake Athletic Club in Elkhart. Moving to an indoor facility because of rain, Joyner defeated Northridge’s Josh Garfein 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 to help Warsaw place second overall at the tournament, tied with Plymouth. Based on their showing conference tournament, coupled with their regular season NLC record, the Tigers finished tied with Plymouth for second place in the conference. The Concord Minutemen were named conference championship. CONCORD 46, WARSAW 43, PLYMOUTH 43, ELKHART MEMORIAL 29, NORTHRIDGE 28, GOSHEN 21, WAWASEE 7, NORTHWOOD 4 (Championship, Local Matches) No. 1 Singles: Championship — Jason Denton (Concord) def. Gabe Vervynckt (Plymouth) 6-0, 6-0; 3rd Place — Spenser Gilbert (Memorial) def. Kyle Wettschurack (Warsaw) 6-0, 6-4; 7th Place — Brennan Angle (NorthWood) def. Kyler Love (Wawasee) 6-0, 6-0 No. 2 Singles: Championship — Mazin Hakim (Memorial) def. Lane Singleton (Plymouth) 7-5, 4-6, 6-3; 3rd Place — Evan Miller (Warsaw) def. Drew Hostetler 6-2, 4-6, 6-1; 7th Place — Mitchell Keiser (NorthWood) def. Isaac Rigdon (Wawasee) 4-6, 6-3, 1-0 No. 3 Singles: Champion-ship — Keaton Joyner (Warsaw) def. Josh Garfein (Northridge) 6-3, 4-6, 7-5; 5th Place — Paul Johnson (Goshen) def. Tyler Kissinger (Wawasee) 3-6, 6-3, 1-0 No. 1 Doubles: Champion-ship — Connor Flynn/Jordan Scheetz (Plymouth) def. Bronson Dummont/Matt Ciesielski (Concord) 6-1, 0-6, 6-2; 3rd Place — A.J. Herendeen/Sam Rice (Warsaw) def. Andrew Gingerich/Alex Radelich (Northridge) 6-4, 6-3; 5th Place — Sam Stegelman/Sylas Buller (Goshen) def. Westin Becker/Derek Zurcher (Wawasee) 6-2, 3-6, 1-0 No. 2 Doubles: Championship — T Cunningham/Matt Kotva (Concord) def. Connor Singrey/A.J. Jansen (Warsaw) 6-4, 6-1; 7th Place — Jake Thompson/Cole Love (Wawasee) def. Austin Sanders/Shawn Stahley (NorthWood) 6-1, 7-6 (7-5) All Conference: No. 1 Singles — Jason Denton (Concord), No. 2 Singles — Mazin Hakim (Memorial); No. 3 Singles — Keaton Joyner (Warsaw); No. 1 Doubles — Connor Flynn/Jordan Scheetz (Plymouth); No. 2 Doubles — T Cunningham/Matt Kotva (Concord) At-Large All Conference: Spencer Gilbert (Memorial), Lane Singleton (Plymouth), Gabe Vervynckt (Plymouth) All Conference Honorable Mention: Matt Ciesiel-ski/Brandon Dumont (Concord), Eli Metzler-Prieb (Goshen), Chris Robbins (Northridge), A.J. Thielking (Northridge), Kyle Wettschurack (Warsaw) Coach of the Year: Todd Denton (Concord) Final NLC Standings: Concord 16, Warsaw 13, Plymouth 13, Memorial 95, Northridge 8.5, Goshen 6, Wawasee 4, NorthWood 2
VOLLEYBALL Saturday in Warsaw The Warsaw volleyball team went 3-1 at its Tiger Invitational Saturday, defeating Prairie Heights, Fort Wayne North Side and Class 2A No. 8 Southwood, but fell to Class 2A No. 1 Muncie Burris. On the day, Jamie Lacheta led the Lady Tigers with 36 kills, while Chloe Hubner had 104 assists and Alex Sanchez had 67 digs. The 17-6 Lady Tigers travel to Fort Wayne Snider Tuesday. WARSAW DEF. PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 25-21, 25-20; WARSAW DEF. FW NORTH SIDE 25-16, 20-25, 15-13; WARSAW DEF. SOUTHWOOD 24-26, 25-23, 15-11; MUNCIE BURRIS DEF. WARSAW 24-26, 25-14, 15-10 Warsaw Stats: Aces — Jamie Lacheta 4, Chloe Hubner 3; Assists — Hubner 104; Blocks — Katie Voelz 8, Lacheta 6; Digs — Alex Sanchez 67, Sarah Johnson 42; Kills — Lacheta 36, Emily Poe 35, Nicole Nulf 16; Record — 17-6
Saturday in Fort Wayne The Wawasee volleyball team went 0-3 at Saturday’s Homestead Tournament. On the day, Anne Beer had 13 kills and Gabi Routson posted 23 digs. The 11-14 Lady Warriors host Whitko Tuesday. CONCORD DEF. WAWASEE 25-12, 25-14; GOSHEN DEF. WAWASEE 25-15, 25-17; EAST NOBLE DEF. WAWASEE 25-16, 25-20 Wawasee Stats: Digs — Gabi Routson 23, Alli Ousley 22; Blocks — Sydney Miller 4; Assists — Megan Conley 27; Kills — Anne Beer 13, Miller 6; Aces — Ousley 3, Aly Anderson 2; Record — 11-14
